Mastering SAP ABAP

Serialization using ST

This example shows you how to deal with a situation where we have an external System X, which requires airline data from SAP ERP. System X is old and very limited. The only possible way to exchange data between System X and SAP ERP is to export the table into an XML file format and then import it into System X's database.

We will start with a standard class-based executable report and put the program logic in the main method. The first part of our program is data selection:

 DATA: lt_carr TYPE TABLE OF scarr. DATA: lv_xml TYPE xstring. SELECT *           FROM scarr           INTO CORRESPONDING FIELDS OF TABLE @lt_carr.

The next step is to create an ST. We will use a dedicated tool for that—the Transformation Editor (Transaction XSLT_TOOL ...